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More states follow California’s clean car standards

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The US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision to grant California’s request to carry out its own clean car standards not only clears the way for the Schwarzenegger-led state to cut its own greenhouse gas emissions, but it is likely to effect at least 13 additional states too.

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EPA Grants California Vehicle GHG Regulations Waiver

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This previous decision was based on an interpretation of the Clean Air Act finding that California did not have a need for its greenhouse gas emission standards to meet “ compelling and extraordinary conditions. ” ( Earlier post.). California is preserving its right to establish more stringent standards in the future.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Since President Obama signed ARRA into law in February, grants totaling more than $7.2 The facility is a 70,000 square foot building located in an industrial zone in Lowell, Massachusetts. The scope of this project includes destruction of MTA’s inventory of Halon 1301 and replacement with another clean agent.

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Gas War: Biden Administration Releasing One Million Barrels of Gasoline from Northeast Reserves

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Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Petroleum Reserves , the fuel sale stems from storage facilities situated in New Jersey and Maine. Trump used it as a tactic to bargain with Saudi Arabia in 2019 and Obama sold off millions of barrels to help soften the domestic blow after Libya went sideways in 2011.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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Environmentalists and industries resurrected the idea in recent years as a centerpiece of measures to address global warming and growing oil imports. The Cantwell-Collins plan is almost exactly what Mr. Obama proposed in the campaign and after first taking office–a 100 percent auction of permits and a large tax rebate to the public.

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